Strategies to Control Industrial Emissions: An Analytical Network Process Approach in East Java, Indonesia

Muryani Muryani (), Khoirun Nisa’, Miguel Angel Esquivias and Siti Hafsah Zulkarnain
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Muryani Muryani: Faculty of Economics and Business, Airlangga University, Surabaya 60264, Indonesia
Khoirun Nisa’: Faculty of Economics and Business, Airlangga University, Surabaya 60264, Indonesia
Miguel Angel Esquivias: Faculty of Economics and Business, Airlangga University, Surabaya 60264, Indonesia
Siti Hafsah Zulkarnain: School of Real Estate and Building Surveying, College of Built Environment, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam 40450, Malaysia

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 10, 1-17

Abstract: This study identified the main agents, problems, solutions, and strategies for lowering industrial carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions in the cement industry in East Java, Indonesia, by applying an analytical network process. Respondents included government officials, industrial representatives, and environmental experts. This study revealed that (1) regulators are the critical agents controlling emissions; (2) the three major problems faced when aiming to reduce industrial emissions are limited environmental knowledge, inadequate infrastructure, and unsound regulations; (3) the main solutions are education, socialization, and infrastructure improvement; and (4) the institutional approach is preferable to command-and-control and economic incentives. This suggests that policymakers should collaborate closely with regulators, firms, and communities to more effectively control emissions and encourage environmentally friendly industrial practices. Economic incentives are not preferable strategies, most likely because of insufficient environmental knowledge, market distortion due to subsidies, and low viability. However, the institutional approach incurs higher costs due to political, administrative, and legal processes. Parties may agree on achieving socioeconomic demands but not environmental output. The institutional approach also requires extra investment in education and socialization as well as government support for infrastructure development and a better regulatory framework.

Keywords: analytical network process; sustainable energy; energy policy; low-carbon society; sustainable infrastructure; monitoring sustainable development; climate and production (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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